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Vodafone launches 4G LTE services in Kozhikode

Vodafone has launched its 4G LTE services in Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala, almost a month after launching LTE services in the country starting from Kochi. It is based on 1800MHz FDD-LTE band 3, which the company acquired last year. Its 4G service in Kozhikode is built over fibre backhaul, and is supported by its 3G services on a network of 2100 MHz. Vodafone is offering free 4G upgrade with a SIM and additional data for first three months. Continue reading “Vodafone launches 4G LTE services in Kozhikode”

OPPO F1 camera-centric smartphone launching in India on January 28

OPPO F series

Earlier this week OPPO announced that it will launch camera-centric ‘F series’ smartphones this year in India, and F1 will be the first phone in the series, which will launch this month. Today the company has sent out invites for the smartphone launch on January 28th. Continue reading “OPPO F1 camera-centric smartphone launching in India on January 28”

Sony introduces h.ear in and h.ear on wireless headphones, h.ear go wireless speaker

Sony h.ear in wireless in-ear headphones

Sony announced h.ear on and h.ear in wired noise cancelling headphones at the IFA 2015 last year. Now at the CES 2016 Sony has introduced wireless variants. The new h.ear in is behind-the neck style in-ear Bluetooth wireless headphones and the h.ear on is headband-style Bluetooth wireless headphones with Digital Noise Cancelling. It has also introduced new h.ear go wireless speaker that has NFC support. Continue reading “Sony introduces h.ear in and h.ear on wireless headphones, h.ear go wireless speaker”

Asus Eeebook E402 and Eeebook E205SA with Windows 10 launched starting at Rs. 16990

Asus Eeebook E402

Asus today launched Eeebook E402 and Eeebook E205SA, its latest affordable notebooks in the EeeBook series running Windows 10 in India. The Eeebook E402 is an affordable 14-inch compact and lightweight notebook and the Asus Eeebook E205SA is an entry level convertible notebook that comes in 360 degree flip form factor with a sensitive touch display and USB Type-C port. Continue reading “Asus Eeebook E402 and Eeebook E205SA with Windows 10 launched starting at Rs. 16990”

ZTE Grand X3 with USB Type-C, 4G LTE and Avid Plus announced

ZTE Grand X3

ZTE today announced Grand X3 and Avid Plus, two new smartphones for the U.S. carriers at the CES 2016. The Grand X3 is a budget smartphone with 4G LTE support, USB Type-C and a huge 3,080mAh battery, while the Avid Plus is an entry-level smartphone. Both these run Android 5.1.1 (Lollpop). Check out the detailed specifications below. Continue reading “ZTE Grand X3 with USB Type-C, 4G LTE and Avid Plus announced”

Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch to get iPhone support soon

Samsung Gear S2_fonearena-001

Samsung introduced the Gear S2 series back in September last year at the IFA. Couple of weeks after the announcement there were reports that Samsung will be bringing iPhone support for the Smartwatch. Today at its CES 2016 event Samsung VP Alana Cotton announced that Gear S2 will support the iPhone later this year. Continue reading “Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch to get iPhone support soon”

Samsung Gear S2 Classic 18K Rose Gold and Platinum editions announced

Samsung Gear S2 Classic Rose Gold and Platinum

Samsung introduced the Gear S2 classic with a Black finish and a matching genuine leather band back in IFA 2015. Today at the CES 2016 the company added two new premium variants of the Gear S2 Classic, one encased in 18K Rose Gold and another in Platinum. As we already know, the Gear S2 Classic has a 1.2-inch ( 360×360 pixels) Circular Super AMOLED displays, rotating bezel and run on Tizen based wearable platform. Continue reading “Samsung Gear S2 Classic 18K Rose Gold and Platinum editions announced”

Casio WSD-F10 is the first rugged Android Wear smartwatch for the outdoors

Casio WSD-F10

Casio has announced WSD-F10, the first rugged Android Wear smartwatch at the CES 2016. Apart from water resistance up to 50 meters, this is also built to military standard specifications (MIL-STD-810G) so that it can withstand a variety of rugged activities. It has dedicated apps designed to measure changes in the natural environment and track activity levels. It has a 1.32-inch (320 x 300 pixels) dual layer display with monochrome and color LCDs. Continue reading “Casio WSD-F10 is the first rugged Android Wear smartwatch for the outdoors”

Samsung Galaxy TabPro S 2-in-1 Tablet with Windows 10 announced

Samsung Galaxy TabPro S

Samsung just announced the Samsung Galaxy TabPro S, it’s first 2-in-1 Windows 10 Tablet at the CES 2016. It has a 12-inch (2160×1440 pixels) Super AMOLED display with 94% of natural tones, is powered by 6th Gen Intel Core M processor, has 4GB of RAM, 128/256GB SSD, 5-megapixel auto focus rear and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It weighs 693 grams and has LTE Cat 6. support as an option. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy TabPro S 2-in-1 Tablet with Windows 10 announced”

Qualcomm smart home reference platform based on Snapdragon 212 announced

Smart Home

Qualcomm today announced its smart home reference platform, based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 processor at the CES. It integrates computing, voice recognition, audio, display, camera, connectivity, and control capabilities so that manufacturers and developers can use it in their next-gen smart home devices. Continue reading “Qualcomm smart home reference platform based on Snapdragon 212 announced”

Letv Le Max Pro is the first smartphone to be announced with Snapdragon 820

Letv LeMax Pro Snapdragon 820 announcement

At its CES 2016 event Qualcomm showed off the Letv Le Max Pro, which becomes the first smartphone to be announced with Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 820 processor and Qualcomm Sense ID Fingerprint technology that will offer more secure authentication on mobile devices. Snapdragon 820 also has 802.11ad multi-gigabit Wi-Fi and X12 LTE with Cat. 12/13 download speeds of up to 600 Mbps. Other features are similar to the Letv Le Max that was introduced last year. Continue reading “Letv Le Max Pro is the first smartphone to be announced with Snapdragon 820”

Panasonic Toughpad FZ-Q1 rugged tablet with 12.5-inch 1080p display announced, starts at $999

Panasonic Toughpad FZ-Q1

Panasonic today announced Toughpad FZ-Q1, the company’s latest rugged tablet in the Toughpad lineup. It packs a 12.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Anti-reflective screen, is powered by an Intel® Celeron N2807 Processor, packs 4GB of RAM and runs on Windows 8.1 Pro, which can be updated to Windows 10. It also comes in performance model option with Intel Core i5-4302Y vPro processor and 8GB of RAM. It has easy grip bottom cover, integrated stylus and fast charging support. Continue reading “Panasonic Toughpad FZ-Q1 rugged tablet with 12.5-inch 1080p display announced, starts at $999”

Huawei Mate 8 with 6-inch 1080p display, Android 6.0 announced globally, starts at 599 Euros

Huawei Mate 8

Huawei announced the flagship Mate 8 smartphone at an event in China back in November last year, today the company has announced the smartphone for international markets at the CES 2016. To remind you, the 6-inch 1080p display with 2.7mm ultra narrow frame, 83% screen-to-body ratio and 2.5D glass, is powered by a Octa-Core HiSilicon Kirin 950 SoC with IntelliSense i5 sensor hub and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with Emotion UI 4.0 on top. Continue reading “Huawei Mate 8 with 6-inch 1080p display, Android 6.0 announced globally, starts at 599 Euros”

Huawei GX8 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, fingerprint sensor coming to the US in Q1 2016 for $350

Huawei GX8

Huawei had announced the G8 smartphone in the G Series at the IFA last year. Now the company has introduced same phone as the GX8 for the US at the CES 2016. To remind you, the smartphone packs a 5.5-inch 1080p screen, is powered by a 1.5GHz octa-core Snapdragon 616 SoC, runs Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Huawei Emotion UI 3.1, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Huawei GX8 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, fingerprint sensor coming to the US in Q1 2016 for $350”

Huawei MediaPad M2 10.0 with Full HD display, Octa-Core Kirin 930 SoC, metal body announced

Huawei MediaPad M2 10.0

Huawei has officially announced MediaPad M2 10.0 tablet at its CES 2016 event, after it was leaked today. It has a 10.1-inch Full HD IPS display, is powered by a 2GHz Kirin 930 64-bit Octa-Core processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Emotion UI 3.1 on top. It has a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash, 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Huawei MediaPad M2 10.0 with Full HD display, Octa-Core Kirin 930 SoC, metal body announced”